GAO Month in Review – July 2008

Here are the latest US Government Accountability Office (US GAO) reports about transportation, published in July 2008.

Air Traffic Control: FAA Uses Earned Value Techniques to Help Manage Information Technology Acquisitions, but Needs to Clarify Policy and Strengthen Oversight. GAO-08-756, July 18, 2008 (45 pages).
http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/details.php?rptno=GAO-08-756
Airline Industry: Potential Mergers and Acquisitions Driven by Financial and Competitive Pressures. [...]

Rhône to Rhine HSR line will be delivered on time

Rhône to Rhine High-Speed Rail line will be delivered on time. This is what Réseau Ferré de France (RFF), the owning and managing company of the French railway network, annouced early July. The line will be entering commercial service by December 2011.
Five years of work to link Rhône and Rhine regions faster than ever
Started in [...]

In brief: Vinci will operate Athena-Tsakona toll road

The French toll road operator and builder group Vinci recently signed a contract agreement for the Athena-Tsakona toll road concession, a major highway project in Greece. In this project, Vinci Concessions leads a consortium called Olympia Odos, composed of Vinci Concessions (36%), Hochtief PPP Solutions (Germany, 25%) and three Greek contractors Aktor Concessions (18%), JetP-Avax [...]